大學英語四級考試(CET4)歷年真題聽力2003年6月大學英語四級真題聽力

1.
A) At a theatre.
B) At a booking office.
C) At a railway station.
D) At a restaurant.

2.
A) The man is inviting the woman to dinner.
B) The woman is too busy to join the man for dinner.
C) The woman is a friend of the Stevensons.
D) The man is going to visit the Stevensons.

3.
A) The professors presentation was not convincing enough.
B) The professors lecture notes were too complicated.
C) The professor spoke with a strong accent.
D) The professor spoke too fast.

4.
A) The furnished apartment was inexpensive.
B) The apartment was provided with some old furniture.
C) The furniture in the market was on sale every Sunday.
D) The furniture he bought was very cheap.

5.
A) The man is thinking about taking a new job.
B) The man likes a job that enables him to travel.
C) The man is sure that he will gain more by taking the job.
D) The man doesnt want to stay home and take care of their child.

6.
A) Take the GRE test again in 8 weeks.
B) Call to check his scores.
C) Be patient and wait.
D) Inquire when the test scores are released.

7.
A) She read it selectively.
B) She went over it chapter by chapter.
C) She read it slowly.
D) She finished it at a stretch.

8.
A) He was kept in hospital for a long time.
B) He was slightly injured in a traffic accident.
C) He was seriously wounded in a mine explosion.
D) He was fined for speeding.

9.
A) Wait for a taxi.
B) Buy some food.
C) Go on a trip.
D) Book train tickets.

10.
A) Its not as hard as expected.
B) Its too tough for some students.
C) Its much more difficult than people think.
D) Its believed to be the hardest optional course.



Listening Comprehension Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choice marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.


11. How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass?
A) Anxious and worried.
B) Proud and excited.
C) Nervous and confused.
D) Inspired and confident.

12. What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves?
A) His father scolded him severely.
B) His father took back the six dollars.
C) His father made him do the cutting again.
D) His father cut the leaves himself.

13. What did the speaker want to tell us in this passage?
A) One can benefit a lot from working with his father.
B) Manual labourers shouldnt be looked down upon.
C) One should always do his job earnestly.
D) Teenagers tend to be careless.


14. What did the speaker use to do for a living?
A) He ran a village shop.
B) He worked on a farm.
C) He worked in an advertising agency.
D) He was a gardener.

15. What do we know about the speaker’s life in the past?
A) It was stressful.
B) It was colorful.
C) It was peaceful.
D) It was boring.

16. What made the speaker change his life style?
A) His desire to start Iris own business.
B) The crisis in his family life.
C) The decline in his health.
D) His dream of living in the countryside.


17. Why is it difficult for visitors to locate Cambridge University?
A) Because there are no signs to direct them.
B) Because no tour guides are available.
C) Because all the buildings in the city look alike.
D) Because the university is everywhere in the city.

18. What does the passage tell us about the colleges of Cambridge University?
A) They set their own exams.
B) They select their own students.
C) They award their own degrees.
D) They organize their own laboratory work.

19. What can be learnt from the passage about the libraries in Cambridge University?
A) Most of them have a long history.
B) Many of them are specialized libraries.
C) They house more books than any other university library.
D) They each have a copy of every book published in Britain.

20. What does the passage tell about women students in Cambridge University?
A) Very few of them are engaged in research.
B) They were not awarded degrees until 1948.
C) They have outnumbered male students.
D) They were not treated equally until 1881.

參考答案：
Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension
Section A
1. D 2.A 3.D 4.D 5.A 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.C 10.C
Section B
11.B 12.C 13.C 14.C 15.A
16.B 17.D 18.B 19.B 20.B
原文：
1.
W：Gorge, look at the long waiting line. I am glad youve made a reservation.
M：More and more people enjoy eating out now. Beside, this place is especially popular with the overseas students.
Q：Where did the conversation most probably take place
A) At a theatre.
B) At a booking office.
C) At a railway station.
D) At a restaurant.
選D。聽到make a reservation時，幾個選項都有可能人選，但eating out是關(guān)鍵詞，只要聽清這個短語，即知答案。另外overseas students也有助于答案的確定。
選D。聽到make a reservation時，幾個選項都有可能人選，但eating out是關(guān)鍵詞，只要聽清這個短語，即知答案。另外overseas students也有助于答案的確定。

2.
M:I wonder if you can drop by tomorrow evening. The Stevensons are coming over to dinner. Id like you to meet them.
W: Sure, Id love to. Ive heard they are very interesting people.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation
A) The man is inviting the woman to dinner.
B) The woman is too busy to join the man for dinner.
C) The woman is a friend of the Stevensons.
D) The man is going to visit the Stevensons.
選A。原文中并未直接提到要邀請女士吃晚飯，但由I wonder if you can drop by，I’d like you to meet them,以及女士的回答Sure, Id love to這些信息足以推斷出答案。選項C是個干擾項，若聽到Ive heard,即可排除。

3.
W: The presentation made by Professor Jacksonwas complicated to understand.
M: Well, I think he didnt speak slowly enough for us for us to take the notes.
Q: What did the man complain
A) The professors presentation was not convincing enough.
B) The professors lecture notes were too complicated.
C) The professor spoke with a strong accent.
D) The professor spoke too fast.
選D.男士說he didnt speak slowly enough,由此可以很快得出答案。B是強干擾項，但首先complicated是女士對教授presentation的觀點，其次，男士說教授說得太快了，根本記不下來筆記，可見說筆記難是不可能的了。

4.
W: Youve got your apartment furnished, havent you
M: Ive bought some used furniture from Sunday market. It was a real bargain.
Q: What does the man mean
A) The furnished apartment was inexpensive.
B) The apartment was provided with some old furniture.
C) The furniture in the market was on sale every Sunday.
D) The furniture he bought was very cheap.
選D。本題的關(guān)鍵在于聽懂男士的答語it was a real bar-gain(真便宜）,D是其同義轉(zhuǎn)述。B是一個強干擾項，意思是“公寓提供一些舊家具，’，與I bought some used furniture不符。

5.
M: Mary doesnt want me to take the job. She says our child is too young. And the job requires much travelling.
W: You should talk to her again and see if you can find a way out. Think about the gains and losses before you make the decision.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation
A) The man is thinking about taking a new job.
B) The man likes a job that enables him to travel.
C) The man is sure that he will gain more by taking the job.
D) The man doesnt want to stay home and take care of their child.
選A。從男士的第一句話即可知談話的主題。二人的談話只提到了男士妻子Mary對這份工作的見解，始終未提男士的觀點，所以運用排除法，B,C,D選項均不符原文，屬過度推斷。

6.
M:I havent got my scores on the GRE test yet. Do you think I should call to make inquiries
W: There is no hurry. The test scores are released at least eight weeks after the test.
Q: What does the woman advise the man to do
A) Take the GRE test again in 8 weeks.
B) Call to check his scores.
C) Be patient and wait.
D) Inquire when the test scores are released.
選C.女士說Theres no hurry,然后解釋了考試分數(shù)至少在8周之后才會通知，由此可推知現(xiàn)在男士應(yīng)該繼續(xù)等待。選項A,B,D均是對對話內(nèi)容的錯誤理解。

7.
M: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month
W: oh, I didnt read straight through the way you read a novel,I just covered a few chapters which interested me most.
Q: How did the woman read the book
A) She read it selectively.
B) She went over it chapter by chapter.
C) She read it slowly.
D) She finished it at a stretch.
選A女士說I didn’t read it straight through the wayyou read a novel,由此可排除B,D。她又說I just covered a few chapters that interest me most,可見女士是跳著看這本書的，選項A是其同義轉(zhuǎn)述。至于讀得快慢，對話未提，不能妄下論斷，可排除C。選項D中的finish at astretch意為“一口氣讀完”，而對話中說只讀了感興趣的幾章，故排除。

8.
W: Hello, Joe, Havent seen you for quite a while. Are you fine
M: Oh,yes, but not a thing to go against me. I had a car accident, only someminor injuries though.
Q: What happened to Joe
A) He was kept in hospital for a long time.
B) He was slightly injured in a traffic accident.
C) He was seriously wounded in a mine explosion.
D) He was fined for speeding.
選B。男士說自己出了車禍，但接著就說Only some mi-nor injuries though,可知他只是輕微受傷，A,C顯然不可能;D項毫無根據(jù)。原文中l(wèi)uck seemed to go against me是“不走運”的意思。

9.
M: The taxi is waiting downstairs, lets hurry.
W: Wait a minute. Ill take some food with us. I dont like the meal served on the train.
Q: What are the speakers going to do
A) Wait for a taxi.
B) Buy some food.
C) Go on a trip.
D) Book train tickets.
選C。文中一開始就提到了taxi，但是taxi在等他們，不是他們等taxi,可迅速排除選項A。接著女士提到了take some food with us,即可排除B選項。最后女士說到了火車，顯然他們正要去乘火車，選項是C正確打斷。選項D純屬臆斷。

10.
W: Is that optional course as hard as everybody says
M: Its actually even worse, believe it or not.
Q :What did the man say about the course
A) Its not as hard as expected.
B) Its too tough for some students.
C) Its much more difficult than people think.
D) Its believed to be the hardest optional course.
選C。本題中as hard as和even worse是關(guān)鍵詞，只要聽清即知正確答案。A與原文相反；B沒有根據(jù)，二人并未對學生之間的差別進行比較；D屬過度推斷。本題的關(guān)鍵在于對英語中幾種比較表達的理解。



Listening Comprehension Section B
Passage One
My father woke me up early one morning when I was fourteen and announced: “Get up! You’re going with me to cut grass.” I felt proud and excited because my father thought I was responsible enough to help him in his business. Still that first day was really hard. From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I cut and trimmed very large yards in a well-to-do part of the city. By the end of the day I was exhausted but I felt food. I had put in a hard day’s labor and had earned six dollars. One day my father spotted some weeds I had missed cutting and pulled me aside. “Get that section again,” he said firmly. “Don’t let me have to tell you to do the job right the first time.” In every job I have held，from cutting lawns to washing dishes to working a machine in a construction site, I have learnt something that help me in my next job. If you look hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.

11
How did the speaker feel when his father asked him to help cut grass
A) Anxious and worried.
B) Proud and excited.
C) Nervous and confused.
D) Inspired and confident.
選B。文中明確提到了I felt proud and excited,是一個小男孩在被父親委以重任時的心情。選項D有一定的干擾性，但程度過重，不符合人物的年齡和心情。

12
What did his father do when the speaker missed cutting some leaves
A) His father scolded him severely.
B) His father took back the six dollars.
C) His father made him do the cutting again.
D) His father cut the leaves himself.
選C。從他父親的話Cut that section again即知正確答案。其他三項均與事實不符。

13
What did the speaker want to tell us in this passage
A) One can benefit a lot from working with his father.
B) Manual labourers shouldnt be looked down upon.
C) One should always do his job earnestly.
D) Teenagers tend to be careless.
選C。主旨題。原文的故事實際上就是告訴人們做事要認真。說話人在后面也說到Today I stress the importance of doing a job right the first time.選項A盡管沒有原則性的錯誤，但不是本文真正要說的主旨。B, D與原文無關(guān)。

Passage Two
I live in a small village in the country. My wife and I run the village shop. We have a very peaceful life. “Boring ”, some might say. But we love it. We know all the people in the village and have plenty of time to stop and chat. I have plenty of time for my hobbies too, gardening, fishing, and walking in the countryside. I love the outdoor life. It wasn’t always like this though. I used to have a really stress job, working till late in the office every evening and often bringing work home at the weekend. The advertising world is very competitive and when I look back, I can’t imagine how I stayed it. I had no private life at all, no time for the really important things in life. Because of the pressure of the job I used to smoke and drink too much. The crisis came when my wife left me .She complained that she never saw me and I had no time for family life. This made me realize what was really important to me. I talked things through with her and decided to get back together again and started a new and better life together. I gave up tobacco and alcohol, and searched for new hobbies. Now I am afraid looking back since the past life seemed a horrible dream.
14
What did the speaker use to do for a living
A) He ran a village shop.
B) He worked on a farm.
C) He worked in an advertising agency.
D) He was a gardener.
選C。原文并未直接提及說話人過去的工作，但在自述中他提到了The advertising world is very competi-tive，說明他是在廣告界工作，選項中只有C與廣告有關(guān)。A是他現(xiàn)在從事的工作；B, D與原文毫無聯(lián)系。

15
What do we know about the speaker’s life in the past
A) It was stressful.
B) It was colorful.
C) It was peaceful.
D) It was boring.
選A。I used to have a really stressful job這一句就點出了說話人過去工作的強度，后面又談到他酗酒，抽煙，甚至妻子離開他，可見生活也是stressful的。C和D可以用來描述他現(xiàn)在的生活；B則與文章無關(guān)。

16
What made the speaker change his life style
A) His desire to start Iris own business.
B) The crisis in his family life.
C) The decline in his health.
D) His dream of living in the countryside.
選B。在談了很多過去的生活后，The crisis came when my wife left me點出他的生活出現(xiàn)了危機，而后面的敘述說明正是因為這次危機使他意識到什么才是生命中最寶貴的東西，于是他決定開始新的生活。其他三項都不是說話人改變生活方式的真正原因。

Passage Three
“Where is the university” is the question many visitors to Cambridge asked, but no one could point them in any one direction because there is no campus. The university consists of thirty-one self-governing colleges. It has lecture halls, libraries, laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city. Individual colleges choose their own students who have to meet the minimum entrance requirements set by the university. Undergraduates usually live and study in their colleges where they are taught in very small groups. Lectures and laboratory and practical work are organized by the university and held in university buildings. There are over 10,000 undergraduates and 3,500 post-graduates, about 40% of them are women and some 8% from overseas. As well as teaching, research is of major importance. Since the beginning of the 20th century, more than 60 university members have won Nobel Prizes. University has a huge number of buildings for teaching and research. It has more than 60 specialist subject libraries as well as the university library, which, as a copyright library, is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain. Examinations are set and degrees are awarded by the university. It allowed women to take the university exams in 1881, but it was not until 1948 that they were awarded degrees.

17
Why is it difficult for visitors to locate Cambridge University
A) Because there are no signs to direct them.
B) Because no tour guides are available.
C) Because all the buildings in the city look alike.
D) Because the university is everywhere in the city.
選D。原文一開頭就說no one could point them in any one direction because there is no campus，然后又說整個university是由31個college組成的，并且It has lecture halls，libraries，laboratories，museums and offices throughout the city,由此可知事實上劍橋大學的特點就是沒有一個圈定的校園，而是分散在城市的各個地方。

18
What does the passage tell us about the colleges of Cambridge University
A) They set their own exams.
B) They select their own students.
C) They award their own degrees.
D) They organize their own laboratory work.
選B。只要聽到Individual colleges choose their own students即可選出正確答案。A選項與原文相反，因為盡管各個大學可以選擇自己的學生，但是這些學生必須meet the minimum entrance requirements set by the university; C,D也可從degrees are awarded by the university，laboratory and practical work are organized by the university這些信息加以排除。

19
What can be learnt from the passage about the libraries in Cambridge University
A) Most of them have a long history.
B) Many of them are specialized libraries.
C) They house more books than any other university library.
D) They each have a copy of every book published in Britain.
選B。原文在說到劍橋的圖書館時說It has more than 60 specialized subject libraries as well as the university exams in 1881.But it was not until 1948 that they were awarded- degree.niversity library,說明選項B是正確的。A,C選項可能為事實，但未在原文中提及，不可選；D顯然屬過度推斷，而且過于絕對，一看即可排除。

20
What does the passage tell about women students in Cambridge University
A) Very few of them are engaged in research.
B) They were not awarded degrees until 1948.
C) They have outnumbered male students.
D) They were not treated equally until 1881.
選B。最后一句話it was not until 1948 that they were awarded degrees是答案的根據(jù)。A未提及；C與原文所說About 40％of them are women不符；D選項所提到的時間只是allowed women to take the university exams的時間，至于是否能夠公平對待無從論斷。